Gukesh wants to regulate time administration and mindset, says chess legend Susan Polgar after loss to Ding Liren

Chess legend Susan Polgar has adviced India’s D Gukesh towards panicking after his defeat within the
first match of the World Chess Champions 2024 to reigning world champion Ding Liren on Monday on the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. the 18-year-old Gukesh, who’s the youngest challenger ever for the world chess title, was the favorite going into the World Chess Championship towards an out-of-form Liren, who had not gained a classical sport since January 2024, however the 32-year-old Chinese language GM sprung a shock
by profitable the primary sport within the 14-game collection and taking a 1-0 lead.

World Chess Championship Spherical 2 LIVE: D Gukesh vs DIng Liren

Whereas there are 13 extra matches to go within the Championship, a shock loss at first may probably derail Gukesh’s marketing campaign who doesn’t have a lot expertise of enjoying within the largest event. In such a situation, the previous Ladies’s World Chess Champion, Polgar, has adviced Gukesh towards urgent the panic button. The legendary Hungarian-American chess grandmaster mentioned there’s nonetheless an extended technique to go within the Championship however Gukesh ought to work on his “time administration and mindset.”

“Sport over! Ding scored his first classical sport win in a very long time! Gukesh simply has to regroup and get the momentum again in sport 2. Ding by no means lead in his earlier World Championship match till the top. Gukesh has to regulate his time administration and mindset. Nonetheless an extended match. Not time to panic,” Susan Polgar wrote on her Instagram account.

Gukesh vs Ding Spherical 1 abstract

In an sudden flip of occasions, Ding Liren defeated Gukesh D with the black items within the first sport. Regardless of spending loads of time at first of the sport, the Chinese language Grandmaster discovered a technique to nullify his opponent’s opening initiative and reap the benefits of the various pawn weaknesses to interrupt by with a decisive middlegame counterattack.

Though it appeared that Ding Liren was heading in the right direction, by enjoying 27…fxe6 as a substitute of the strong 27…Bxe6 he allowed Gukesh an opportunity to get off the hook. Nonetheless, the 18-year-old Indian mistakenly selected 30.Qc2 as a substitute of the principal 30.Bc5, which might have given him huge tactical compensation and an actual probability to muddy the waters.

Within the postgame press convention, Ding Liren acknowledged that he had been a bit fortunate as he had missed two techniques that, fortuitously for him, didn’t work for his opponent. For his half, Gukesh admitted that he was fairly nervous earlier than the sport, and though he was capable of settle down, he understood that his opponent had performed very effectively.

For the primary time because the 2010 Anand vs Topalov match, a decisive consequence has been licensed within the first sport. On that event, Indian celebrity Vishy Anand additionally misplaced to Veselin Topalov however went on to say the title.

The second sport of the match will happen on Tuesday, twenty sixth November at 5 PM native time in Singapore (2.30 PM IST in India).